To get these cones, the red squirrel clambers about the branches of balsam fir, larch, white cedar, pines, and spruces, cutting green cones. A dozen or more may fall to the ground before the squirrel ...

Consequently, on encountering greys, red squirrel populations are displaced ... encroach ever further into the reds’ remaining territory, our native animals’ fortunes seem unpromising.

The grey squirrel is not native to the UK - it was introduced from North America. There is great competition between the red and grey squirrel with the population of the grey outweighing that of ...